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Serving the community is our priority. In December we visited Vista Oaks Apartments and Royal Coach Mobile Home Village.

FACE offered two parent trainings in December.

Our first Storytelling Event held on December 3rd was a great success! It was great to see the excitement from the students who listened very attentively to storytellers Lisa Howard, Magrill Primary ILS, and Lolianette Cavazos, Ermel Elementary ILS. Click here for the English Storytelling recording. Haga click aquí para ver la sesión en español.

Thanks to the Houston Foodbank, the hard work of the FACE team, and the collaboration of the FACE Campus liaisons, about 500 Aldine families received a bag of fresh produce just in time for the holidays. The FACE team will continue its partnership with the Houston Foodbank to offer Food-Drives in the new year.

A big shout-out to Aldine employees who once again demonstrated their generosity by participating in the Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM) Toy Drive that benefited students in the Aldine, Spring, and Klein school districts. Aldine collected 13,100 toys and $700 in gift cards. Special thanks to our business partner TNTP (Kristen, Mike, Amanda, Jarred, Julie, Gabe, Chelsea, Beth, Liza, Candance, Ari, Emily and Emily) who donated gift cards that made the kids happy this Christmas.

Houston Texans Brennan Scarlett and Beyond the Basics Foundation brought holiday cheer to six Aldine ISD students hit hard by COVID-19. Scarlett surprised the students with a video conference visit and $800 Amazon shopping sprees.

Due to the strain on the economy, many families are struggling financially. Northwest Assistance Ministry (NAM) was generous with providing support to one of our families in Aldine ISD. This family was the recipient of household supplies, 4 baskets of groceries, blankets, cooking utensils, $150.00 in gift cards, and Christmas gifts for all the children. Although the pandemic has taken a toll on the economy, we are grateful that NAM is addressing the needs of our community. (NAM Representative in the picture below).

The Family and Community Engagement Team has compiled a list of resources to help you during the pandemic. From community resources to job opportunities, we hope this list can help you find what you are looking for.

• Thursday, January 7
• Thursday, January 28

https://zoom.us/j/91286173652

English Session from 5:00-5:30 p.m.

Spanish Session from 5:30-6:00 p.m.

• Wednesday, January 13

Lone Star College Courses

English Session: 9:00-10:00 a.m. http://bit.ly/LoneStarCollege

Spanish Session: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. http://bit.ly/ColegioLoneStar

• Wednesday, January 27

Mental Health

English Session: 9:00-10:00 a.m. http://bit.ly/MentalhealthTraining

Spanish Session: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. http://bit.ly/entrenamientoSaludMental

“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.

We can help write that story by setting goals.”

-Melody Beattie